One of the best dramas ever to come down the Pike. (might contain spoilers)

Rating: Null/10 (19 December 2002)

It is a rare thing to have a movie truly touch you. It is rarer still to be able to watch a movie repeatedly and get the same effect without fail, every single time you watch it. This, however, is exactly what the film "The Legend of 1900" accomplishes. From its opening depiction of immigrants to America, to the climactic piano duel between 1900 and Jelly Roll Morton (which has some of the best damned jazz piano I have ever heard in a film), this movie show exactly what should be presented in a drama. It is not designed to simply be depressing and sappy, but it has a meaning. That life is just too vast and beautiful for some people to comprehend, and that for those people, living they're life between a bow and stern (hope thats the back and front ;) ) is the only real existence they need, and that every man should do what he needs to in order to have a happy life. The performances by the principle characters are amazing, truly inspiring, and as an actor I can truly appreciate the depth that Tim Roth gives to his character, especially in his explanation to Max at the end about why it is he could never leave the ship. I highly recommend this film to every movie buff out there, if not for the wonderful acting, the earth shattering piano duel.